Safety first

Thousands of Cebuanos believe the Señor Santo Niño will protect them from Covid-19 as they go out and pray at the Basilica del Santo Niño during the nine-day Novena and during the feast itself...

Asian stocks jump because of hopes for recovery

Asian stocks opened higher on Friday, with Japan hitting a three-decade high as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United States and bet on an econom...

Cebu: center of 4th centennial celebration

The Philippines celebrated the 4th Centennial of its Christianization from April 27 to May 2, 1965. General Miguel Lopez de Legaspi docked his ships in Cebu City on April 27, 1565 and establi...

Regalian Doctrine

A friend sought advice regarding the property he planned register in the court. He inquired about a certification coming from CENRO about land that is alienable and disposable. He further inq...

Attract investors and generate jobs

With the new year, business organizations in the country are eyeing and wishing for a better 2021 as the previous year a lot of challenges and uncertainties were encountered due to the corona...

More business registrants since pandemic

MORE than 500,000 new business names registered from March 2020 to January 2021 with retail via internet or online selling leading at 87,223 and retail selling in sari-sari stores at 68,241....

Senate, House to suspend PhilHealth, SSS premium hike

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco filed two separate bills seeking to grant the President the authority to suspend the scheduled increases in PhilHealth and Social Security System (SSS) contribution rat...

TikTok officially turns over P7M donation to PNRC

TikTok has officially turned over its US$150,000 (Php7,000,000) donation to the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC). The donation was given in support of the organization’s disaster relief effo...

Villar lone Filipino in Bloomberg’s list of world’s richest 500

BUSINESS tycoon Manuel B. Villar has surfaced as the only Filipino listed in Bloomberg Billionaire Index, ranking as the 382nd of the world’s top 500 richest people as of January 9, 2021.

DTI sets up testing facility for cement

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it is setting up a new testing facility for cement this year to strengthen the country’s testing capabilities.

DTI Bureau of Product Stan...

Visayas, Mindanao supply pork to Luzon

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is working on increasing the supply of pork to address high pork prices in the markets of Metro Manila and other areas of Luzon.

DA Assistant S...

Competition policy awaits approval

THE National Competition Policy (NCP) is just awaiting approval by Malacanang for its implementation via an administrative order.

The NCP has been adopted by the National Economic Develo...

New CIP cargo release sched starts Jan. 15

EFFECTIVE January 15, 2021, there will be a readjustment in the schedule for releasing and pulling out of cargoes at Cebu International Port (CIP).

From Mondays to Sundays, goods held at...

SEC revokes Super Cash Lending’s license

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the certificate of authority (CA) of Super Cash Lending Corp. to operate as a lending company for its unfair debt collection practices....

ERC surpasses 2019 accomplishments despite the pandemic

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in its yearend report indicated better numbers when compared to its Accomplishments in 2019. There is a noted 21% increase in terms of cases acted upon...

ALS Act a step to making education inclusive

THE enactment of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Act is a step towards achieving inclusivity of education, especially for vulnerable sectors and amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Save t...

Ensure child protection vs all forms of violence, sexual abuse

SCHOOLS must ensure the protection of all children from all forms of violence, including sexual abuse, following reports that some students have been selling lewd photos and videos online to s...

Twitter freezes Trump account

TWITTER locked the account of US President Donald Trump for 12 hours and threatened its permanent suspension following his baseless claims about the US presidential elections amid riots at the...

WhatsApp, Fb to share users’ data outside Europe and UK

WHATSAPP is forcing users to agree to share information with Facebook if they want to --keep using the service -- or delete their accounts, except European and UK users Facebook, which owns Wh...

UAE to restore Qatar trade and travel links

THE United Arab Emirates could re-open trade and travel links with Qatar within a week under a deal that ended a bitter dispute between the Gulf states.

However, Emirati Minister of Stat...

Elon Musk, world’s richest

ELON Musk has become the world’s richest person, as his net worth crossed $185B (£136bn).

The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla’s share price incre...

STREET DANCING SA SENTENYAL PAABUTON: RAMA

TUNGOD kay wala tugoti sa Inter-Agency Task Force ang virtual Sinulog, niingon si Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama nga paabuton nalang sa mga Sugboanon ang street dancing atol sa ika-5...

Dugang patakaran sa Fiesta Senyor

DUGANG patakaran ang iimplementar atol sa kasaulugan sa Fiesta Senyor.

Ang mga paring Agustino nga maoy nagdumala sa Basilica nagpahibawo pinaagi sa usa ka advisory nga giluwatan niadtong...

Tiwason mga proyektong nasugdan: Red Durano

TIWASON ni kanhi Congressman Ramon “Red” Durano VI ang daghan nga mga proyekto sa Cebu 5th District nga iya nang nasugdan sa higayon nga siya makabalik sa Kongreso karong July 1, 2022.

LOW-COST WATER FOR MCWD SOON

THE Danao City Bulk Water will soon supply water to Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) at P20 per cubic meter despite the attempts by some politicians to block it.

At present, Dan...

DOTr, Consolacion to start work on port in 1st quarter

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Consolacion, Cebu are working closely so the construction of Cebu International Container Port (CICP) will start...

Cebu lost decisive leader in Salimbangon

CEBU City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama said that Cebu has lost an energetic, innovative, and decisive leader with the death of former Congressman Benhur L. Salimbangon.

Salimbangon di...

Bohol Capitol assists Covid-19 victims

THE administration of Governor Art C. Yap and Vice Governor Rene L. Relampagos in Bohol has given assistance to individuals in crisis situations and financial assistance to Boholanos affected by...

Economy shrinking fast alarms Cebu business leader

BUSINESSMAN Rey E. Calooy said the government is alarmed that the Philippine economy shrank fast shortly after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to other countries.

C...

Business in ‘bad’ shape until 2022: leader

BUSINESSMAN Philip Tan said that depending on what industry they are in, majority of those in the business sector will not be in good state until 2022.

Tan, management representative to...

PHL, India to enhance economic partnership

FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and India Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran met recently to explore ways of enhancing economic cooperation between their two countries, especia...

Greeting 2021

After a sumptuous dinner on December 31, we gathered at the sala to watch “Patay Na si Hesus.” All of us saw the Bisaya family comedy before. Despite all the hardships and challenges, 2020 fo...

Earlier vaccination

The disarray at the national level in the acquisition of the vaccines against Covid-19 proves disappointing for an administration led by what his loyal supporters described as the best president...

New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future

Britain on Friday (Jan 1) began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc’s single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, w...